2nd November.
Tue two telegrams which we received from our Tokio correspondent last night show what good the Japanese have made in the last few days in the reduction of this great fortress. The trenches which they succeeded in occupying on Wednesday last, on Erlungshan, Antseshan, and Yitseshaa are within the inner circle of defences, while Sungshushan, a most important point, is just above the new town and cum-mands the bridge connecting the old and new towns, and the whole harbour, The fact that the losses sustained by the Japanese on the occupation of these positions have been merely nominal seems to indicate that the fighting power of the Russians has fallen very low, as is likely to be the case with a garrison in such straits for ammunition, food, and water as the Russians are now stated to be, That every effort is being made to enforce the surrender of the defenders by to-morrow, the birthday of the Emperor of Japan, is generally understood. General Stssel is "making such a gallant defence that it is by no means certain that this hope will be fulfilled; but if the fall of the fortress does not take place by to-morrow, it cannot now be long delayed. troops that will swarm up the vertical wall of a fort by the use of the holes made by their shell fire, and that will crawl up at night, covered with branches and leaves, to destroy wire entanglements, and will gnaw through mine wires with their teeth, cannot long be denied.
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